Wartime Transfers

Transfers that took place when English football was suspended during World War I and World War II.

 

WWI

In

PlayerTeamDateFee
Billy RobinsonLaird's Munition WorksMay 1917Free
Ernie GaultStockport CountyMay 1917£45
Jimmy MillerGrimsby TownDecember 1918£25
Owen WilliamsSouth LiverpoolFebruary 1919Free
Notes:
  • Ernie Gault (Stockport County) – Transfer completed around 1st May 1917.
  • Jimmy Miller (Grimsby Town) – Transfer completed around 23rd December 1918.
  • Owen Williams (South Liverpool) – Transfer completed around February 1919.



Out

PlayerTeamDateFee
Bill PalmerReleasedMay 1915
Lance JohnstonReleasedMay 1916
Bobby SimpsonSacked14 November 1916
Bill Wright?May 1917Undisclosed
Harry MakepeaceRetiredJanuary 1919
Notes:
  • Bill Palmer (Released) – Eventually joined Barnsley.
  • Lance Johnston (Released) – Eventually joined Blackpool.
  • Bobby Simpson (Sacked) – Bobby Simpson was sacked for "grossly insubordinate" behaviour in the dressing room on the day of Everton's match against Preston North End.
  • Bill Wright (?) – Possibly moved to St Mirren.



WWII

In

PlayerTeamDateFee
Martin McDonnellHaydock C & BSummer 1942Amateur
Jackie GrantHigh Spen5 December 1942Free
Jack HedleyNorth Shields25 April 1945£100
Notes:
  • Martin McDonnell (Haydock C & B) – Signed professional forms in September 1945.



Out

PlayerTeamDateFee
None